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Where the cop cameras are: A map of Syracuse police video surveillance

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This police surveillance camera on a utility pole at Gifford and Geddes streets was one of the first installed by Syracuse police, who will have more than 60 by the end of this summer.
(Lauren Long | llong@syracuse.com)

SYRACUSE, N.Y. -- The Syracuse Police Department has deployed more than 40 surveillance cameras since installing the first in 2011, and police expect to have at least 60 cameras up by the end of this summer.

(See the most recent map of camera locations below.)

The police cameras are not going up fast enough to suit some city residents, a few of whom have installed private cameras on their houses in an effort to combat crime. Police Chief Frank Fowler said he plans to continue deploying cameras as funding permits.

In addition to police camera locations on the map, which was current as of May, more than 20 new ones are scheduled to be installed this summer. They include 10 in the downtown business district; nine on the East Side, mostly along East Fayette Street between Columbus Avenue and Croly Street; and two near Beauchamp Library at South Salina and Colvin streets.